Okay everyone, this is mercenary pen here. As you presumably know from the
previous chapter (If you have not read the previous chapter go and do so
NOW) Garth Meyer is now a member of the Paladin team, which has a
reasonable selection of powerful and rare new zoids.
In response to the inquiry of the most loyal reviewer worldwide award, for three chapters in a row, regarding what the Dragowing actually looks like, I probably ought to reveal that the Dragowing is a green reptilian zoid, not much larger than a Redler and designed along a similar body shape, its wings of the folding variety like those of either bats or the traditional dragons of mediaeval fantasy, which are, coincidentally, my favourite variety of dragon, no offence meant but the oriental style just looks wrong to me.
Now, I think it is time for the story to really get under way, enjoy.
Chapter five: Overwhelming Power.
It was the first battle of the year's zoid battle league for the Paladin team and they were facing off against the Titans team, a zoid battle team which continually demonstrated the power of their four high-performance zoids, an Iron Kong, a D-Bison, a Gojelos and a Power-boost Command Wolf. Surveying the skies from above, Garth could see beneath him the mighty zoids of the enemy, standing by for the fight that was about to commence, their weapons teeth and claws glinting in the intense sun that characterised this wasteland. Also beneath him he could see the Liger zero, resplendent in its white armour and sporting a double-barrel pulse laser cannon on its back as its primary arsenal. The bulky forms of the Ursazerk and the X-alpha Rev Raptor slowly advanced to the central area of the designated battlefield, both deadly in their own way and both ready to face the enemy.
Suddenly, streaking down from above came the judge capsule, a white projectile that served as transportation for the judge mechanoids of the zoid battle commission. For a moment there Garth had mistaken the capsule for an incoming missile and had frantically searched around for what was attacking him. Then raising itself out of the crater caused by its impact, the capsule opened, revealing the single judge within and also the pulse cannons that had been fitted to the judge capsules for self-defence purposes following the debacle at the royal cup three years before, where only the actions of the blitz team and in particular Bit Cloud had saved the zoid battle commission from an ignominious demise.
Ever ready for action, the judge immediately went about its business of preparing the battlefield, declaiming, "This area is restricted for zoid battles only. Will all unauthorised personnel move back outside the thirty- mile radius of this battlefield. Battlefield scanned, Battlefield set up. The Titans team versus the Paladin team, Battle Mode 0982. Ready, Fight."
In an instant the battle was underway, the zoids of the two sides springing into action as they sought to outmanoeuvre their opponents right from the first moment. Beneath him Jake charged his Ursazerk straight for the Iron Kong in front of it, rearing to his hind legs in front of it, grappling the Iron Kong as it also reared. Mykkael and Adrianne were already on the move, circling right and left to catch their opponents between them. Suddenly an alarm went off in his cockpit, he glanced at his heads-up display, the Gojelos had launched a missile at him.
Snapping out of his reverie, he rolled to port, evading the missile and beginning to accelerate, ready to attack. Suddenly he was the target of a veritable hailstorm of firepower, with missiles shells and blasts of energy all about him, but his reaction was instant and suddenly he wrenched the Dragowing into a climb, piloting it higher than any of the weapons firing at him could target. Then, he began a spiralling descent, accelerating until his speed gauge registered at Mach 2.1 and then dived, twisting his zoid inwards and across to draw fire and waste their shots before, as the zoid's operations display screen lit up with a green light to say that he was within firing range, he flipped his zoid bodily through 180 degrees until, now upside-down, he could bring the heavy laser cannons mounted in each wing assembly of the zoid to bear on the zoids beneath him. He jammed his fingers down upon the triggers, strafing everything in his path as coruscating lances of blue-tinted energy shot time and again from the wings of his zoid...only to be met by the walls of almost pink energy that were energy shields, his most decisive and accurately targeted shots being reflected at his very colleagues. Leaving only him of the entire Paladin team unscathed as the armour of the other zoids was melted to puddles that smouldered in the sand.
How dare those scum turn his own assault against his team. "Jake, what's your status, report" he bawled through his comm, hoping fervently that his colleagues were all right.
"This is Mykkael here," came a faint, gasping voice in reply, "all three of us are out of the battle, you're going to...have to go it solo now. Just...fry these...creeps."
With that a strange calmness came over Garth and he suddenly knew that no matter what, these warriors would pay, big time. Later he would claim that this eerie calmness was the sign of someone truly berserk, but for now he only noticed the flashing suggestion on the operations display of his zoid as he circled the perimeter of the battlefield, once more accelerating- accelerating until his very bones sang with agony then, turning the Dragowing sharply inward he locked onto all four enemy zoids, shrieking with the last of his strength "Supernova Assault", his mighty novastorm laser cannons being joined by the power of a plasma flare, thrown in a continuous stream from the mouth of the Dragowing to melt through the shields of the falling Titans that vanished beneath him.
Abruptly, his mind was once more his own, rather than the possession of his formidable anger. At that point, the judge, still charred from the wash of his deflected firepower, made an announcement, stating, "This battle is cancelled due to the use of illegal power components by the Titans team. The decision of the zoid battle commission is that the Titans team must pay for the repairs of both the zoids of the Paladin team and also this judge capsule, no discussion will be entered into."
Garth looked forlornly down at the scene beneath him, watching as the zoids of both teams blazed and smouldered from the fire of his gunnery. Never again, he told himself, would he unleash the full destructive power of his ultimate assault, never again would he look on in battle as a zoid died, helpless to prevent the death of that zoid.
Firstly, for those who do not recognise the power boost command wolf, that's perfectly okay by me, it only appeared in one episode of Chaotic Century, the one when Van and the rest reach New Helic City-I'm sorry folks but I don't know most of the episodes in any of the series' by name. However, by way of a little descriptive bit, I can tell you guys that it had a reinforced frame surrounding a larger cockpit, and several heavy cannon mounted on its back, mostly energy weapons.
Oh yes and SD, the full quote is "May the force be with you always", and could you explain what exactly you mean by foreshadowing? Don't forget to say hi to knuckles for me, will you, while I make absolutely no attempt whatsoever to generate a hedgehog shaped zoid, because the shape just wouldn't be feasible with even the latest weapons technology that I have developed (at least the plausible stuff), however I have just now decided to pose a reader competition, giving out a mystery prize to the reader who creates the most plausible yet powerful hedgehog/echidna shaped zoid, the details of which must be submitted as part of a review, however unflattering, enraged, ecstatically happy the rest of the review might be, I'll even accept flames with suggested designs tacked on the end, mostly because I believe I should allow you to treat me the same way you'd want to be treated, so your flames will in the end only burn you! In short, flame me and you will be flamed back, given as that appears to be exactly the way you want me to treat you.
Ah isn't that so nice of him not wanting to kill anything, ah well, MP saying see y'all later. Don't forget to write all those nice reviews now.
In response to the inquiry of the most loyal reviewer worldwide award, for three chapters in a row, regarding what the Dragowing actually looks like, I probably ought to reveal that the Dragowing is a green reptilian zoid, not much larger than a Redler and designed along a similar body shape, its wings of the folding variety like those of either bats or the traditional dragons of mediaeval fantasy, which are, coincidentally, my favourite variety of dragon, no offence meant but the oriental style just looks wrong to me.
Now, I think it is time for the story to really get under way, enjoy.
Chapter five: Overwhelming Power.
It was the first battle of the year's zoid battle league for the Paladin team and they were facing off against the Titans team, a zoid battle team which continually demonstrated the power of their four high-performance zoids, an Iron Kong, a D-Bison, a Gojelos and a Power-boost Command Wolf. Surveying the skies from above, Garth could see beneath him the mighty zoids of the enemy, standing by for the fight that was about to commence, their weapons teeth and claws glinting in the intense sun that characterised this wasteland. Also beneath him he could see the Liger zero, resplendent in its white armour and sporting a double-barrel pulse laser cannon on its back as its primary arsenal. The bulky forms of the Ursazerk and the X-alpha Rev Raptor slowly advanced to the central area of the designated battlefield, both deadly in their own way and both ready to face the enemy.
Suddenly, streaking down from above came the judge capsule, a white projectile that served as transportation for the judge mechanoids of the zoid battle commission. For a moment there Garth had mistaken the capsule for an incoming missile and had frantically searched around for what was attacking him. Then raising itself out of the crater caused by its impact, the capsule opened, revealing the single judge within and also the pulse cannons that had been fitted to the judge capsules for self-defence purposes following the debacle at the royal cup three years before, where only the actions of the blitz team and in particular Bit Cloud had saved the zoid battle commission from an ignominious demise.
Ever ready for action, the judge immediately went about its business of preparing the battlefield, declaiming, "This area is restricted for zoid battles only. Will all unauthorised personnel move back outside the thirty- mile radius of this battlefield. Battlefield scanned, Battlefield set up. The Titans team versus the Paladin team, Battle Mode 0982. Ready, Fight."
In an instant the battle was underway, the zoids of the two sides springing into action as they sought to outmanoeuvre their opponents right from the first moment. Beneath him Jake charged his Ursazerk straight for the Iron Kong in front of it, rearing to his hind legs in front of it, grappling the Iron Kong as it also reared. Mykkael and Adrianne were already on the move, circling right and left to catch their opponents between them. Suddenly an alarm went off in his cockpit, he glanced at his heads-up display, the Gojelos had launched a missile at him.
Snapping out of his reverie, he rolled to port, evading the missile and beginning to accelerate, ready to attack. Suddenly he was the target of a veritable hailstorm of firepower, with missiles shells and blasts of energy all about him, but his reaction was instant and suddenly he wrenched the Dragowing into a climb, piloting it higher than any of the weapons firing at him could target. Then, he began a spiralling descent, accelerating until his speed gauge registered at Mach 2.1 and then dived, twisting his zoid inwards and across to draw fire and waste their shots before, as the zoid's operations display screen lit up with a green light to say that he was within firing range, he flipped his zoid bodily through 180 degrees until, now upside-down, he could bring the heavy laser cannons mounted in each wing assembly of the zoid to bear on the zoids beneath him. He jammed his fingers down upon the triggers, strafing everything in his path as coruscating lances of blue-tinted energy shot time and again from the wings of his zoid...only to be met by the walls of almost pink energy that were energy shields, his most decisive and accurately targeted shots being reflected at his very colleagues. Leaving only him of the entire Paladin team unscathed as the armour of the other zoids was melted to puddles that smouldered in the sand.
How dare those scum turn his own assault against his team. "Jake, what's your status, report" he bawled through his comm, hoping fervently that his colleagues were all right.
"This is Mykkael here," came a faint, gasping voice in reply, "all three of us are out of the battle, you're going to...have to go it solo now. Just...fry these...creeps."
With that a strange calmness came over Garth and he suddenly knew that no matter what, these warriors would pay, big time. Later he would claim that this eerie calmness was the sign of someone truly berserk, but for now he only noticed the flashing suggestion on the operations display of his zoid as he circled the perimeter of the battlefield, once more accelerating- accelerating until his very bones sang with agony then, turning the Dragowing sharply inward he locked onto all four enemy zoids, shrieking with the last of his strength "Supernova Assault", his mighty novastorm laser cannons being joined by the power of a plasma flare, thrown in a continuous stream from the mouth of the Dragowing to melt through the shields of the falling Titans that vanished beneath him.
Abruptly, his mind was once more his own, rather than the possession of his formidable anger. At that point, the judge, still charred from the wash of his deflected firepower, made an announcement, stating, "This battle is cancelled due to the use of illegal power components by the Titans team. The decision of the zoid battle commission is that the Titans team must pay for the repairs of both the zoids of the Paladin team and also this judge capsule, no discussion will be entered into."
Garth looked forlornly down at the scene beneath him, watching as the zoids of both teams blazed and smouldered from the fire of his gunnery. Never again, he told himself, would he unleash the full destructive power of his ultimate assault, never again would he look on in battle as a zoid died, helpless to prevent the death of that zoid.
Firstly, for those who do not recognise the power boost command wolf, that's perfectly okay by me, it only appeared in one episode of Chaotic Century, the one when Van and the rest reach New Helic City-I'm sorry folks but I don't know most of the episodes in any of the series' by name. However, by way of a little descriptive bit, I can tell you guys that it had a reinforced frame surrounding a larger cockpit, and several heavy cannon mounted on its back, mostly energy weapons.
Oh yes and SD, the full quote is "May the force be with you always", and could you explain what exactly you mean by foreshadowing? Don't forget to say hi to knuckles for me, will you, while I make absolutely no attempt whatsoever to generate a hedgehog shaped zoid, because the shape just wouldn't be feasible with even the latest weapons technology that I have developed (at least the plausible stuff), however I have just now decided to pose a reader competition, giving out a mystery prize to the reader who creates the most plausible yet powerful hedgehog/echidna shaped zoid, the details of which must be submitted as part of a review, however unflattering, enraged, ecstatically happy the rest of the review might be, I'll even accept flames with suggested designs tacked on the end, mostly because I believe I should allow you to treat me the same way you'd want to be treated, so your flames will in the end only burn you! In short, flame me and you will be flamed back, given as that appears to be exactly the way you want me to treat you.
Ah isn't that so nice of him not wanting to kill anything, ah well, MP saying see y'all later. Don't forget to write all those nice reviews now.